Commission Regulation (EC) No 475/2002 of 15 March 2002 on the suspension of the application of the double-checking regime to certain textile products
Date: 2002-03-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Ukraine, textile product, trade agreement (EU)

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Official Journal of the European Communities

16.3.2002

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 475/2002

of 15 March 2002

on the suspension of the application of the double-checking regime to certain textile products

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Decision 2001/33/EC of 19
December 2001 on the signing of an Agreement in the form of
an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and
the
Ukraine concerning the extension and amendment of
Agreement between the European Economic Community and
Ukraine on trade in textile products initialled on 5 May 1993,
as last amended by the Agreement in the form of an Exchange
of Letters initialled on 15 October 1999 and authorising its
provisional application (1), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Article 2(1) of the Agreement between the European
Community and Ukraine on trade on textile products (2),
as amended, stipulates that at the latest six weeks before
the end of every Agreement year the Commission and
Ukraine shall hold consultations on the necessity of
maintaining the categories listed in Annex III to the
Agreement under double-checking, with a view to the
possible suspension of categories from double-checking.

Consultations were held in November 2001 with a view
to reviewing the need to maintain the application of the
double-checking system for certain textile products. As a
the parties agreed to
result of

these consultations,

suspend the double checking regime for certain textile
products.

It is desirable for this Regulation to enter into force
immediately in order to inform operators of its benefits
as soon as possible.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of the Textiles Committee,

(3)

(4)

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex III to the Agreement between the European Community
and Ukraine on trade in textile products, which sets out the
products without quantitative limits subject to the double-
checking system referred to in the second subparagraph of
Article 2(1) of that Agreement, is replaced by the Annex to this
Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall apply from 1 April 2002.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 15 March 2002.

For the Commission

Pascal LAMY

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 16, 18.1.2001, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 123, 17.5.1994, p. 718.

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX III

Products without quantitative limits subject to the double-checkings system referred to in the second subpara-
graph of Article 2(1) of the Agreement

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Category

2000

IA

IB

IIA

IIB

IIIA

IIIB

IV

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

20

22

23

39

12

13

15

16

21

24

26/27

29

73

83

33

36

37

50

67

74

90

115

117

118

2001

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